An I.D. Tag for Dolly (A Tutorial)

I couldn’t imagine if we lost Li’l Sally (our 10″ AppleTreeHouse Waldorf doll). Boo would be traumatized, I would be traumatized, and my wallet would not be happy about having to replace her! These dolls are so popular now (along with Bamboletta and DragonFlysHollow dolls) and almost impossible to get. There was a discussion on the LBB Facebook page the other day about the horror of losing one of these dolls and the idea of an I.D. tag necklace or bracelet came up. And so, a distressed identification tag was born for Li’l Sally:

Step 1: Create your text in a word program or Adobe Photoshop and reverse the text so that it prints backwards. (if you are using a word program you’ll need to save the text as a picture first and then import it back in so that you can reverse it). Print it out using a laser printer (which uses dry ink, an inkjet will not work) or send your printout through a black and white copier.

Awesome idea!! I made some for our 6 dolls using those ID tag machines for your animals- typed in what i wanted & then took some leather and beaded it. Soo cute & a cheap way to have som comfort ur expensive OOAK dollys make it home! Im going to try ur method tomorrow if i get time'

Finally a tutorial to make tags that uses a laser printer! It seems like all the transfer things I see use inkjet which we obviously do not have. I have wandered through your site this morning and found lots of eye candy and plenty of great ideas. Thanks for the tips.